OK I'm gonna come right out with it - I think I could really dig statistics. I last had statistics by Sophomore year of college. I allowed myself to be overwhelmed by it. Now I'm at a point when I can appreciate it.
I started working on calculating standard deviations by hand. I then went to the computer to check my work using a standard deviation function in Excel. I'm not coming up with the same answer. Hmmmm. I think I'm not using the function correctly (at least I hope that's the case!) I'll spend tonight going back over it and figure out where I went wrong.
I've had occasion in past courses to review some meta-analysis data. After getting a better background in statistics, I'll feel much more comfortable in appreciating educational studies.
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I think it's important for us to understand the basics of statistical analysis, but because there are different variations (no pun intended) on some of the calculations, like standard deviation, that even using the tools, like Excel, can be challenging. I just hope I'm using the correct formulas in Excel. I didn't check by using hand calculations. =p Kudos!
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